Can MS Planner Premium connect with Power BI in the way the MS Project Online did?

Question

I was planning to use Microsoft Project Online to connect to a Power BI dashboard template, but that option isn’t available anymore. Does Microsoft Planner Premium offer similar functionality, where it can link directly to Power BI and automatically populate a dashboard template?

Thank you,

Answer 1

Hello @Maggie Young,  

Thank you for reaching out to the Q&A forum! 

Although your concern is typically outside the scope of my usual support responsibilities, I’ve taken the time to research it, and I’d love to share what I found to help you move forward.     

For your concern, I will explain detail: 

Planner Premium (Project for the Web) does support Power BI reporting, but it works differently compared to Project Online: 

• Project Online offered a built-in Power BI content pack and OData feed for quick dashboard creation. 
• However, Planner Premium stores its data in Microsoft Dataverse, so you can connect to Power BI using the Dataverse connector. 

After researching, I have found the related articles: 

• This explains how Planner Premium uses Dataverse to enable advanced Power BI reporting and dashboards: Unleashing the Power of Reporting in Planner Premium with Dataverse and Power BI | Master Projects …  
• Besides that, you can infer this to provide a step-by-step guide to connect Power BI to Planner Premium data through Dataverse and build KPIs: Consuming Microsoft Planner Data in Power BI Using Dataverse 

Note: Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. The sites are not controlled by Microsoft. Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there. Please make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any suggestions from the above link 

Additionally, Microsoft provides Power BI templates for Project for the Web on GitHub, and you can also use Power Automate to bring Planner data into Power BI if Dataverse isn’t available. 

More detail you can read this article: Import Microsoft Planner Data into Power BI Using ... - Microsoft Fabric Community 

For summary: Unlike Project Online, Planner Premium does not include a built-in content pack; you’ll need to configure the connection and apply Power BI templates manually.

I hope you understand that as a forum moderator, I can only share information based on my experience and research. I hope the details I’ve gathered above will help you better understand your question and guide you in the right direction.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

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